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Stafford
Police & Fire
Bad Crash Closes I-95 In Spotsylvania
A serious crash closed a portion of I-95 in Spotsylvania Saturday morning, May 18. It happened at mile marker 119.8 on the southbound side, however, traffic cameras show emergency vehicles in both lanes, with one SUV facing the opposite direction as of 8 a.m. The north left shoulder, left lane, and center lane are closed.
Essex NJ
Police & Fire
Member Of Burglary Crew That Targeted Asian Homeowners On 'Hit List' In NJ, NY, PA, Sentenced
𝗨𝗣𝗗𝗔𝗧𝗘: A confessed member of a burglary ring that targeted Asian-American small business owners in New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania and Delaware was sentenced to 33 months in federal prison. Kevin Jackson, 57, of Rahway, NJ, must serve a little over two years before he'll be eligible for release because there's no parole in the federal prison system. Jackson was part of a second-story crew that the FBI said worked from a hit list of dozens of homes in the four states based on “stereotype and opportunity" from Dec. 2, 2016, to March 20, 2019. One of Jackson's associates told detectives t…
Suffolk NY
Police & Fire
Man Seriously Injured In Stabbing At Huntington Station Deli
A man was seriously injured during a stabbing at a Long Island deli during a dispute. The incident occurred around 10 p.m., Sunday, May 12, in Huntington Station inside Las Lajas Deli at 156 Depot Road. According to Suffolk County Police, two men were engaged in a verbal dispute inside Las Lajas Deli when one of the men stabbed the other in the neck, chest, and abdomen. Suffolk County Police officers arrived at the scene and arrested Adelcy Almendarez, age 50, of Huntington Station. The 40-year-old victim was transported to a local hospital in serious but stable condition, police sai…
Lancaster
Police & Fire
Ex-Lancaster Cop Raped, Sexually Assaulted Multiple Youngsters In 1990s, Officials Say
Lancaster police have charged arrested two men with raping a 16-year-old victim in the city in 1997, one who was an officer tasked with the initial investigation. Andrew Selby, 54, and Roberto Rosario, 44, became the center of an investigation in March 2024, when Detective Sgt. Jessica Higgins was made aware of one alleged incident. Higgins spoke with a victim who detailed violent abuse by Rosario in Lancaster City in late 1997, police said. Selby, who was 28 at the time, responded to Lancaster General Hospital on Dec. 27, 1997, regarding the sexual assault by Rosario. The vi…
Montgomery MD
Police & Fire
Pregnant GF's Killing Trial Looms For Silver Spring Gunman Convicted Of Gas Station Murder
Before Torrey Moore is sentenced in the killing of Ayalew Wondimu, he'll be standing trial for the murder of his girlfriend, who was eight months pregnant, officials said in announcing his recent conviction. Torrey Damien Moore, 33, of Silver Spring, has been found guilty by a jury of first-degree murder, use of a firearm in the commission of a crime of violence and illegal possession of a regulated firearm for the 2022 shooting death of 61-year-old Ayalew Wondimu, the Montomgery State's Attorney's Office announced on Friday, May 17. The killing happened at the Shell Gas station on New Hamp…
Stafford
Police & Fire
Small Plane Crash Kills Pilot, Passenger In Culpeper County, State Police Say
A pilot and their passenger were killed in a small plane crash in Culpeper County on Friday, May 17, authorities confirmed. The private aircraft went down on the 13000 block of Spillman Road in Culpeper County just before 2:45 p.m., Virginia State Police said. The pilot and sole occupant died at the scene. The FAA and NTSB were notified. The incident remains under investigation.
Middlesex NJ
Police & Fire
Edison Scooter Rider Killed By SUV On Route 1 Survived By Son, Wife, Campaign Says
Support is on the rise for the family of a 22-year-old man struck and killed by a vehicle on Route 1 in Edison. Raul Montoya-Chavez, of Edison, was hit in the southbound center lane of Route 1 at about 1:45 a.m. on Wednesday, May 15 as he tried to cross at Plainfield Avenue, Edison police said. Montoya-Chavez died of his injuries at an area hospital, police said. The 61-year-old Rahway man driving the SUV had a green light and is not expected to be charged, police said. A GoFundMe page raised for his funeral expenses had raised more than $3,400 as of press time. The page was laun…
Hudson
Police & Fire
Jersey City Police Cruiser, Civilian Vehicle Damaged, Multiple Victims Injured In Crash
Two Jersey City police officers and at least one civilian were injured in a crash that sent a cruiser into a fire hydrant. The vehicles collided at the intersection of Martin Luther King Drive and Stegman Street at 11:15 a.m. Friday, May 17, according to Jersey City spokeswoman Kimberly Wallace-Scalcione. Victims said the collision triggered the police car's airbags.The victims were taken to Jersey City Medical Center with what responders said were all minor injuries.An investigation into the cause was continuing.
Northampton
Police & Fire
Arrest Made In Scranton Man's 'Suspicious Death': Police
One man is in custody after a 36-year-old was killed in Scranton on Tuesday, May 14. Police originally called Benjamin Thompson's Jackson Street death "suspicious" before declaring it a homicide on Thursday morning, May 16. By Thursday night, 24-year-old Rahjuan Marquel Morgan was arrested for criminal homicide and criminal conspiracy, city police said. "This investigation is still underway and more arrests are expected," officials said. SPD is asking anyone with information to leave a tip by calling 570-348-4134.
Hampden
Police & Fire
Third Suspect Busted In Fatal I-391 Shooting In Chicopee
Police have arrested a third person they say was involved in the fatal shooting of Guyton Winspeare on a stretch of I-391 in Holyoke two months ago, authorities said. Miguel Dones, 21, of Springfield, is charged with murder and a slew of drug offenses after police found narcotics and an AR-15-style rifle in his car during a traffic stop, the Hampden District Attorney said. He was being held on a $25,000 cash bail, but that could change after he is indicted on the murder charge on Monday, May 20, authorities said. Dones is the third person police have connected to the…
North Rockland
Police & Fire
Body Recovered After Person Jumps From Bear Mountain Bridge
A body was recovered after a person jumped from the Bear Mountain Bridge. The incident happened around 1 p.m. Friday, May 17. The body of the victim was recovered from the Hudson River near Stony Point, according to Trooper A.J. Hicks of the New York State Police. The identity of the person has not yet been released. The investigation into the incident is ongoing. The bridge carries Route 6/202 over the river between Orange County and Northern Westchester. Check back to Daily Voice for updates.
Arlington
Police & Fire
Another Arlington Peeper Arrested
Yet another Peeping Tom has been arrested in Arlington. This one was drunk, too, police said. Curtis Moore, 44, was identified as the man looking into the home of a woman on the 1500 block of Key Boulevard Road around 3:45 a.m. on Friday, May 17, county police said. A lookout was broadcast, and responding officers found Moore, who matched the victim's description of him, police said. Moore was charged with peeping and being drunk in public. Herbert Otey, a serial peeper, and Christopher Sails were arrested in the last few weeks in Arlington, and charged with peeping.
Atlantic
Police & Fire
Atlantic City Man Killed Teen In Absecon Hit-And-Run Crash: Police
An Atlantic City man was accused of killing a teen pedestrian in a hit-and-run crash, authorities said. Everette Williams, 52, was arrested on Thursday, May 16, the Absecon Police Department said in a news release. He was facing charges in the deadly crash on Route 30 West on Saturday, Feb. 17. Officers responded to the crash just east of Turner Avenue and near the Executive Lodge motel at around 9 p.m. A 17-year-old boy died from his injuries. Investigators said the driver of a white 2015 Jeep Compass didn't stop and left the victim without any help. The U.S. Marshal Task F…
Alexandria
Police & Fire
Alexandria Motorcyclist, 28, Killed By DUI Driver In Groveton, Cops Say: 'Young Man, Big Heart'
A drunk driver is facing charges for a crash that killed a 28-year-old motorcyclist in Fairfax County overnight, police said. Santos Adrian Ventura Fuentes, 34, of Alexandria, was heading east on Memroail Street in a 2007 Ford F-150 when he entered the South Kings Highway intersection in Groveton around 1:15 a.m., county police said. That's when Jonathan Bartell, 28, who was heading south on South Kings Highway, struck the driver's side of Fuentes' pickup on his Kawasaki ZX, police said. Bartell was taken to the hospital where he was pronounced dead while Fuentes was hospitalized with non-…
Garfield-Lodi
Police & Fire
Video Shows Serial Groper Trying To Drag Woman Behind Garfield Church: Investigators
Garfield police have surveillance video of a man with a history of groping women who they said rushed up and grabbed one from behind, then tried to drag her behind a church. Michael Hernandez, 25, of Ridgefield Park is seen following and then running up to the victim outside Praise Assembly church at the corner of Main Street and Banta Avenue shortly after 12 noon May 8, investigators said. He then grabbed her by her neck and backpack and unsuccessfully tried to drag her behind the church, they said. The woman, who wasn't injured, went to police headquarters and identified Hernandez from …
Chester
Police & Fire
Crews Respond To Dryer Fire At Phoenixville Laundromat
Firefighters were called to a small blaze at the Happy Wash Day laundromat on Bridge Street Friday morning, May 17. Officials said clothes in a dryer caught fire around 11 a.m. Firefighters arrived to find smoke in the building and smoldering laundry in one machine, Phoenixville Fire Department said. Scenes from the fire at Happy Laundry Day on May 17. Phoenixville Fire Dept. They removed the clothes, doused them with water, and cleared the scene in about 20 minutes, authorities said.
Atlantic
Police & Fire
Two Men Admit To Assaulting Atlantic County Juvenile Corrections Officers: Prosecutors
Two Atlantic County men admitted to assaulting two juvenile corrections officers, authorities said. Bilal Rex, 20, of Atlantic City, and Samir Abdullah, 21, of Galloway, pleaded guilty on Thursday, May 16 to third-degree aggravated assault on a corrections employee. The Atlantic County Prosecutor's Office announced their guilty pleas in a news release. Investigators said Rex and Abdullah assaulted two corrections officers while they were held in the Harborfields Youth Detention Center on Monday, Dec. 12, 2022. Prosecutors said they're recommending three-year prison sentences for Rex a…
Camden
Police & Fire
Camden Man, 24, Shot Dead In Broad Daylight: Prosecutor
A 24-year-old man from Camden was shot dead in broad daylight on Friday afternoon, May 17, authorities said. Marcus Corbitt was pronounced dead about an hour after the shooting on the 800 block of Princeton Avenue in Camden, according to Camden County Prosecutor Grace C. MacAulay. At approximately 12:20 p.m., the Camden County Police Department received a ShotSpotter activation for gunfire. Police found a male victim suffering from apparent gunshot wounds. They transported him to Cooper University Hospital, and he was pronounced deceased at 1:15 p.m. No arrests ha…
St. Mary's
Police & Fire
Suspended Great Mills Driver Found With Cocaine In Routine Traffic Stop, Sheriff Says
A 41-year-old driver was charged with drug offenses during a routine traffic stop, authorities said. St. Mary's County Sheriff's deputies said they recognized a driver as having a suspended Maryland license and owing child support. Deputies pulled over a Chevrolet Tahoe driven by Shawn Maurice Dickens, 41, of Great Mills, near FDR and MacArthur boulevards in California, MD, they said. As the Tahoe approached the intersection of FDR Boulevard and Buck Hewitt Road, deputies said they saw Dickens throw an object from the vehicle, immediately turn, park, exit, and walk away. The deputie…
Prince George's
Police & Fire
Cops ID Pedestrian, 37, Killed In Hit-Run Crash As Landover Woman
Police have identified a 37-year-old pedestrian struck and killed earlier this week. Lashaviao Spriggs of Landover.was killed in the crash, Prince George's County Police said on Friday, May 17. The hit-and-run sedan was located on Thursday, May 16, but no charges had been filed as of press time. On Tuesday, May 14, at approximately 10:30 p.m., patrol officers responded to Martin Luther King Jr. Highway and Bell Haven Drive in Landover for the report of a collision involving a pedestrian. Officers found the victim in the roadway suffering from trauma, they said. She was pronounced dead at t…
Hudson
Police & Fire
North Bergen Man Busted In Murder-For-Hire Plot: Hudson Prosecutor
A North Bergen man was charged with a murder-for-hire scheme involving “a female known to” him. Miguel Cortes, 37, was arrested outside his Paterson Plank Road home on Tuesday, May 14, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. North Bergen police caught wind of Cortes’s alleged offer of money for the deed, the prosecutor said in announcing the arrest on Friday. Suarez didn’t characterize the person to whom Cortes allegedly offered the cash or explain his relationship to the intended target, whom she said wasn’t injured. Members of the prosecutor’s Major Case Unit charged Cortes with co…
Montgomery PA
Police & Fire
Suspect Arrested For Shooting In Abington Home: Police
Abington police responded to a domestic shooting in a Roslyn home early on Friday, May 17, the department says. It happened on the 2500 block of Pershing Avenue around 9 a.m., according to authorities. An adult victim was shot in the leg and taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, while a suspect was "quickly taken into custody," police said. The investigation is ongoing and there is "no danger to the community," they added.
Worcester
Police & Fire
Man Shot Before Crashing Car Into Worcester Home Has Died
A 19-year-old man who was shot while driving and crashed his car into a home in Worcester has died from his injuries more than two weeks later, authorities said. The man's death was announced on Friday, May 17. Police have not released his name. Officers said the man crashed his vehicle into a home on Paine Street on April 30, just after 9 p.m. Paramedics rushed him to an area hospital, where he later died of his injuries. UPDATE 5/17/24: The victim of this shooting has died from his injuries. The incident will now be considered a... Posted by Worcester Police Departm…
Nassau
Police & Fire
Man Exposes, Touches Himself At Roosevelt Field Mall, Police Say
A Long Island man has been arrested after he allegedly exposed himself to a woman in a mall food court. It happened in Garden City on Thursday, May 16, according to Nassau County Police. At approximately 10 a.m., Irvin Acevedo Ayala, age 27 of Hempstead, was at the Roosevelt Field Mall food court, located at 630 Old Country Road. He allegedly approached a 62-year-old woman, who was also in the food court, and began exposing and touching his genitals. Police located him nearby and he was arrested without incident. Ayala is charged with public lewdness. He pleaded not guilty at his a…
Delaware
Police & Fire
Delco Thieves Made Off With Over $14K In Sunglasses, Troopers Say
State police in Delaware County are looking for two people in connection with a May 5 retail theft. The robbers stole about $14,300 in sunglasses from the LensCrafters at 539 Wilmington West Chester Pike in Glen Mills, troopers said in a release. They fled in a red or burgundy Honda Crosstour with a Delaware license plate, according to investigators. The getaway car had tinted windows, black rims, and a circular sticker on the left side of the bumper. Facebook/PSP Tips Anyone with information is asked to call PSP Media at 484-840-1000 or submit a tip online.&nb…
Hampden
Police & Fire
Man Killed In Springfield Shooting ID'd; 14-Year-Old Charged In Slaying
Police have identified a man who was shot and killed more than a month ago in Springfield, and announced they have arrested a 14-year-old and charged him with the killing. Railyn Paredes Paulino, 20, of Springfield, was found shot and bleeding in the 0-100 block of Phoenix Street in Springfield just before 1:30 p.m. on April 12, authorities said. Paramedics rushed him to Baystate Medical Center, where he later died of his wounds, Springfield police said. On Thursday, May 16, police from multiple agencies arrested 14-year-old Legacy Lopez of springfield. He is being h…
Carroll
Police & Fire
Westminster Widow Accused Of Killing Husband Dies Awaiting Trial, Officials Say
A 77-year-old woman accused of beating her husband dead with a cane died while awaiting trial, authorities announced. Gail D’Anthony died on May 13, 2024, while in the custody of the Maryland Department of Health, the Carroll County State’s Attorney’s Office said in a news release on Friday, May 17. D’Anthony was being held in custody by MDH because it was determined she was not competent to be tried on charges that she'd beaten her husband, John D’ Anthony III, 72, to death with a cane in March 2023. A competency hearing was scheduled for July 9, 2024. “Gail D’Anthony did …
Camden
Police & Fire
FBI Assists In Investigating Human Remains, 3 Cars From Cooper River, Prosecutor Says
Dive teams pulled three cars and human remains from the Cooper River in Pennsauken on Thursday, May 16, authorities have confirmed. The Camden County Prosecutor’s Office and Pennsauken Police Department removed the vehicles submerged along North Park Drive to the south of Kaighn Avenue in Pennsauken at about 3 p.m. Detectives located human remains inside the driver-side area of one of the vehicles, the prosecutor's office said. The identity of the individual is pending DNA testing, they said. The Camden County Prosecutor’s Office and Pennsauken Police Department were as…
Mahwah-Ramsey
Police & Fire
Giant Among Volunteers, Ramsey's Charles Schucht, 75, To Be Laid To Rest
𝗧𝗥𝗜𝗕𝗨𝗧𝗘: It's a measure of Charles Schucht's well-known dedication to helping others that he volunteered for the Ramsey Ambulance Corps in his late 60s. "Many people knew Chuck volunteered at RAC, but few realized the extent of his involvement due to his humility," Corps Chief Marc Greenwood said. "Chuck prided himself on participating in almost every single birthday drive by during COVID," Greenwood said. "When he wasn’t spreading cheer, he was helping transport critically ill COVID patients when many other volunteers had to step back for their families." Schucht was on duty in uniform wh…
Union
Police & Fire
Plainfield Man Gets 20+ For Fatal Shooting: Prosecutor
A 34-year-old Plainfield man was sentenced to 23 years in state prison on Thursday, May 16, for fatally shooting a man in 2022, authorities said. At 4 p.m. on March 11, Plainfield police responded to Johnston Avenue and East 2nd Street and found Eric Williams, a 50-year-old Plainfield resident hit with multiple gunshot wounds, Union County Prosecutor William Daniel and Plainfield Police Director James Abney said. He was transported to a nearby hospital where he was pronounced dead, authorities said. Haneef Welch was sentenced after pleading guilty to aggravated manslaughter, autho…
Baltimore
Police & Fire
DPW Worker Shot Collecting Trash In Baltimore
A 42-year-old Department of Public Works worker was shot Friday, May 17 while collecting trash in Baltimore, authorities said. The worker was on the 800 block of Allendale Street when he was struck by an unidentified male who'd begun shooting around 10:50 a.m., city police said. The worker was then loaded into the DPW vehicle and taken to an area hospital where he is listed in stable condition. Southwest District Detectives are asking anyone with information to contact them at 410-396-2488 or Metro Crime Stoppers at 1-866-7Lockup.
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